Providence College Cancels Exhibition Over “Anti-Catholic” Artwork

Artist Shey "Ri Acu" Rivera Ríos has received an outpouring of support from faculty and students after their work was deemed “sacrilegious.”

Watch Kate Hudson Cover Stone Temple Pilots’ “Vasoline” On Howard Stern

Kate Hudson is launching a music career, Rolling Stone interview and all. The campaign continued today with a visit to Howard Stern’s SiriusXM show. During the show, Hudson and her band covered multiple classic songs, Stone Temple Pilots’ “Vaseline” ( you know it’s true ) and

The FTC is challenging 'junk' drug patents. Here's what they are and why they matter

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced last week that it is, for the second time, disputing hundreds of “junk” patents listed in the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Orange Book , a list of FDA-approved drugs. The challenges span 20 different brand name drugs —

Lily Gladstone Is on a Mission to Find Her Missing Sister in ‘Fancy Dance’ Trailer

The official trailer for Apple TV+’s Fancy Dance sees Lily Gladstone’s Jax on a mission to find her missing sister, as the risk of losing custody of her niece, Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson), looms. Following her sister’s disappearance, Jax and Roki have been scraping by on the

Neil Portnow Accuser Asks Judge to Dismiss Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against Former Grammy CEO

Jane Doe, concerned over being publicly identified, says she has "a genuine concern for my safety, and emotional well-being" if case were continue

Greene officially starts the clock on vote to terminate Johnson

Advancing in Ukraine, Russia to mark victory in World War Two

MOSCOW - Russia on Thursday marks the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two as relations with the West spiral deeper into crisis over the advance of Russian troops against Ukraine's Western-backed forces.

Stream KC Hardcore Band Burning Bush’s Blazing Demo

Burning Bush are an (obviously) fiery new hardcore band out of Kansas City. Their demo dropped today via Cleveland’s great Delayed Gratification label. It’s six tracks of noisy, knuckle-dragging hardcore, and based on the way the songs bleed into each other, several of them

NASA wants to build a new rocket that could get to Mars in just 2 months

The future of space travel depends on our ability to reach celestial pit stops faster and more efficiently. As such, NASA is working with a technology development company on a new propulsion system that could drop off humans on Mars in a relatively speedy two months’ time

SpaceX blasts off on 35th Space Coast launch of the year

SpaceX keeps lining them up and knocking them out with an afternoon launch from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday.

Dogs brought to US must be microchipped, older than 6 months: CDC

Dogs brought into the United States from abroad must be compliant with new rules to help fight rabies in this country, according to updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued Wednesday.

FDA chief says bird flu risk to humans is low, but agency is preparing

The Food and Drug Administration is preparing in case the current strain of avian flu circulating in the U.S. jumps to humans on a large scale, the agency’s commissioner told senators Wednesday. FDA Commissioner Robert Califf told the Senate Appropriations Committee that while

Millennium Docs Against Gravity Festival Artistic Director on Program: ‘Our Priority Is and Has Always Been the Audience’

The Millennium Docs Against Gravity Festival, taking place in Warsaw from Friday until May 16, has grown exponentially in the last few years. In fact it is now, as the people behind it proclaim, “the largest cultural event in Poland.” Artistic director Karol Piekarczyk

How to Watch ‘Eurovision’ 2024: Live Stream the Song Contest Online

With 'Watchmen' actress Malin Åkerman and comedian Petra Mede set to host, here's how to live stream this year's 'Eurovision' online, no matter which country you're tuning in from

Migrants taking odd, sometimes illegal, jobs to make ends meet

In places like New York, Denver, and Chicago, migrants are left to strike out on their own to support themselves.

I'm puzzled how anyone trusts ChatGPT for code

I asked ChatGPT to convert a simple 12-line Python program to Lisp. The result is broken by mismatched brackets. Yes. In Lisp. I ask for correction and receive the errant bracket moved, still mismatched. I ask again and the bracket gets removed. Fine?? No. A loop break has been

Workers at Maryland’s Glenstone Museum Move to Unionize

Staff at the private contemporary art museum, founded by billionaires Mitchell and Emily Rales, say they want fair wages and an improved work environment.

Mexico has stepped up migration enforcement, will it last?

Mexican authorities have helped slow the flow of migrants to the U.S. but the recent push may not stop them long-term.

A Portal Connecting NYC to Dublin Opens in Flatiron Today

Article URL: https://secretnyc.co/the-portal-connecting-nyc-to-dublin/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40302683 Points: 6 # Comments: 0

Sour Widows – “Staring Into Heaven/Shining”

Last month, Sour Widows announced their new album Revival Of A Friend . So far we’ve heard “ Witness ,” “ I-90 ,” and “ Cherish ,” and today the Bay Area trio is releasing the cathartic single “Staring Into Heaven/Shining.”

‘Dune 2,’ ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ Help AMC Theatres Quarterly Earnings Beat Projections

Movie theaters can’t sell tickets if they don’t have a lot of new blockbusters to advertise on their marquees. And the actors and writers strikes that ground Hollywood to a standstill in 2023 left studios with fewer movies to release as 2024 got started. As the biggest

Halting bomb delivery, Biden sends sternest sign yet to Israel

In halting a shipment of thousands of bombs, President Joe Biden has sent his most serious signal yet both to Israel and his domestic critics, although it remains doubtful he can fundamentally alter the course of the war in Gaza. Biden, a self-described Zionist, had long

Empty streets and 'fear' in Gaza's Rafah since Israeli incursion

Displaced Gazan Marwan al-Masri, sheltering in Rafah, said on Wednesday "life has completely ceased" since Israeli tanks and troops entered the city's east, sending desperate Palestinians fleeing north in the besieged territory. More than 1.4 million people had crammed into

Empirical Health (YC S23) is hiring engineering leads in NYC

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/empirical-health/jobs/1PW3OFe-engineering-lead Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40302665 Points: 0 # Comments: 0

Ice Cube Admits He 'Doesn't Like' Watching Other Rappers Beef

Ice Cube is no stranger to rap beefs, but that doesn't mean he enjoys watching his peers tear each other down in the name of Hip Hop.

After Buying Up Studios, Xbox Says It Doesn't Have The Resources To Run Them

After shutting down multiple Bethesda studios, Xbox and Bethesda leadership held a town hall meeting with staff to discuss the closures, explaining that the company’s studios had been spread too thin and that it wanted to focus on fewer projects moving forward. Read more...

Trump VP race creates army of surrogates while he’s tied up in court

Former President Trump is using the audition process for his running mate to create an army of surrogates willing to defend him and echo his talking points while he is tied up in a Manhattan courtroom. As vice-presidential contenders vie for Trump's attention and favor, they

Jeremy Strong In Talks To Play Jon Landau In Springsteen Biopic

Jeremy Strong is in talks to play Bruce Springsteen’s longtime manager Jon Landau in the biopic about the making of Nebraska , as Variety reports. The Succession star would join Jeremy Allen White, who has been confirmed to portray Springsteen himself in the film.

Meshell Ndegeocello, Fishbone Top BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! 2024 Festival Lineup

Meshell Ndegeocello, Fishbone and others lead the 2024 season of the long-running BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival lineup. Now in its 46 th year, the festival returns to the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park beginning on June 8 and wrapping on August 24. It is the

‘F–king unhinged’ TikTok boss reportedly placed on leave after allegedly bullying women

"This man is f--king unhinged," one woman wrote in a text message to a colleague describing her boss, Tobias Henning, after a one-on-one meeting.

Drugmakers in Medicare negotiations spent more on shareholder payments and marketing than R&D last year: Report

A new report from the center-left watchdog group Accountable US found that most major drugmakers spent more on marketing costs and shareholder payments than on research and development (R&D). The report looked at eight companies — Johnson & Johnson, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bristol

Robinhood Stock Pops As Cryptocurrency Fuels Huge Earnings Beat

'Lost' spy satellite orbited Earth undetected for 25 years—until now, scientists say

An experimental spy satellite that was deemed "lost" after eluding detection for decades has finally been found. "The S73-7 satellite has been rediscovered after being untracked for 25 years," astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell said in an April 29 post on X, formerly Twitter. He

Beijing: With Huawei curbs, US pushes ‘decoupling’

Huawei Technologies is at the center of yet another skirmish in the Sino-American tech war. The United States revoked some export licenses that permitted the shipment of high-end American chips to Huawei, and Beijing complains that Washington thus breached a commitment not to

Every drop counts: New algorithm tracks Texas's daily reservoir evaporation rates

Summer can be an extra challenging time for Texas's 189 major water supply reservoirs. With temperatures consistently reaching 100 degrees or higher, reservoir evaporation rates see high increases.

Tom Brady Roast Producer on Getting Bill Belichick, Kim Kardashian vs. Drunk Hecklers and ‘Unprecedented’ Live Arena Setting

17,000 fans. The reunion of an American football dynasty and the coach no one expected to show. Televised live around the world while the reputation of a man considered “the greatest of all time” sits in the hands of savage comedians and one-time foes. What could go wrong? But

It’s Time to Tax the Billionaires. In 2018, “for the first time...

It’s Time to Tax the Billionaires . In 2018, “for the first time in the history of the United States, billionaires had a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans”. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →